Water burning devices

ABSTRACT

A device, or devices applicable to different fuel burning apparatuses bring in water as a burning fuel when directly applied to other fuel or fuels. Water can be burnt for its elements of hydrogen and oxygen can be dissociated and burnt after heated over 500 degrees Celsius. Water has special characteristic of burning process of taking in of heat before giving out can bring in effects to separate and lower high burning temperature of other fuels by locating of fuel nozzles and controlling of water quantity, speed and fineness. Water can be the only fuel for an electricity generator with electrical hydrolysis system to produce hydrogen and oxygen as additional fuels. Jet plane with jet engines having an open and close device of a double walled flame tube can fly in and out of atmosphere by using water, hydrogen and oxygen as its fuels.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a device or devices and, more particularly, tosome devices which bring in consuming natural water as a burning fuelapplicable to different fuel burning apparatuses. More specifically,this invention relates to some devices making use of burning water towork different fuel burning apparatuses to supply energy.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Fossil fuels as coal, gasoline, diesel, liquefied pressured gas, andnatural gas are the main source of energy supply for our domestic andindustrial activities in cooking, boiling, heating, melting and powergenerating. Water is also widely used in our domestic and industrialactivities for cooking, cleaning, drinking, boiling, and diluting, butnever for burning. More specifically, this invention relates to usewater as a burning fuel for replacing traditional fossil fuels wholly orpartly.

In general, fossil fuels are earth minerals producing most power andenergy for us with no chance to be created from machine or plantationproduction. In addition, emissions from their consumptions bring lots ofproblems to the environmental condition to the earth. All earth mineralswill come to an end eventually. That would be the time that most enginesand machines would come to a stop, when such fuels are finally finishedby years of digging and drilling. Fossil fuels are widely used for theirspecial characteristics considering their energy and economy in supply.My invention enables devices replacing fossil fuels and other burningfuels entirely or partly by burning water in power and energy supply.

In addition, many fuel burning apparatuses and my invention are made ofsteel, wrought iron or other ferrous or non-ferrous metal alloys. Manyscientists endeavor to find some efficient, economical and clean fuelsto avoid market fluctuation, shortage, and environmental problems. Inaddition, natural water with unlimited supply on earth is not a fuel inits natural state, but water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, both ofthem are flammable in their own natural states and bringing no harmfulemission at all. My invention is a new practicable design in the worldto bring water to be a fuel. Hence, It will be highly beneficial ifthere can be provided an improved fuel for burning apparatus orapparatus topology which can overcome or at least mitigate theshort-comings associated with the afore-said disadvantages or bring inadvantages to conventional and non-conventional fuel burning apparatus.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

Hence, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improveddevice for using water as a burning fuel or fuel burning apparatustopology to overcome or, at least, mitigate disadvantages, or bring inadvantages associated with conventional and non-conventional fuelburning apparatus. More specifically, it is an object of the presentinvention to provide improved device or devices for using water as aburning fuel or apparatus topology serving to improve apparatusperformance to utilize non-flammable water as a fuel in a fuel burningapparatus operation.

In addition, it is a second object related to water burning devices ofthe present invention to provide an improved device for only using wateras a burning fuel with hydrogen and oxygen form hydrolysis of water runan electricity generator to produce electricity, power and energy. Inaddition, it is a third object related to water burning devices of thepresent invention to provide an improved device for using water as apart of burning fuel in jet engine operation able to fly a jet plane inand out of atmosphere. As a minimum, it is at least an object of thepresent invention to provide the public with a choice of a device ortopology for a novel, apparatus, power supply or jet engine to bedescribed hereinafter.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the aforesaid objectives and according to the presentinvention, there is provided a device or devices applicable to differentfuel burning apparatuses to consume water as a burning fuel. Water isnon-flammable in its natural status, but water can be dissociated intohydrogen and oxygen by heating over 500 degrees Celsius thus getsburning. The present invention is firstly a device to burn vaporizedwater or steam by any other fuels at over 500 degrees Celsius thus todissociate and burn its elements of hydrogen and oxygen at highertemperature gaining a difference of temperatures because burning ofhydrogen, oxygen or their combinations can bring out heat over 1,000degrees Celsius or even up to 3,000. Therefore, water can be burnt andgive out energy by direct apply to any burning fuel of temperaturehigher than 500 degrees C.

High temperature is not only come from the burning of its hydrogen andoxygen, but also from the pressure and velocity of the finely vaporizedwater droplets or steam as characteristics of fuel burning. Higher thepressure, velocity and finer vapor or droplets of the water stream inburning bring higher the temperature. As water must take in lots of heatbefore get burning, too much excess of water can bring extinguishmentsto other fuels. An appropriate control on velocity, fineness andquantity of water applying on specific furnace is important for having asatisfactory result of burning of water. If all unexpected cooling fromenvironment is not calculated, a simple equation can be appliedgenerally for evaluation of proportion of water to a specific regularfuel as:

-   Quantity of a specific regular fuel=1-   Quantity of water proportion to that specific regular fuel=(P)-   Temperature in degree C. of regular fuel in burning=(F)-   Temperature in degree C. of water taken in for burning=(Wi)-   Temperature in degree C. of water given out in burning=(Wo)-   A combined temperature in degree C. of amalgamated burning=(C)    The equation is: 1+P=(F+(Wo−Wi)P)/C    Example 1: supposing F=1,200, Wo=900, Wi=500, C=600 and finding P?    Therefore: 1+P=(1,200+(900−500)P)/600    600+600P=1,200+400P    -   200P=600        -   P=3            Answer of this example for proportion of water to the            regular fuel is 3 to 1.            Example 2: supposing F=800, Wo=900, Wi=500, C=600 and            finding P?            Therefore: 1+P=(800+(900−500)P)/600            600+600P=800+400P    -   200P=200        -   P=1            Answer of this example for proportion of water to this            regular fuel is 1 to 1.

Preferably, the device, taking use of water must take in heat about 500degrees C. before burning, locates the position of water nozzles tosurround the nozzles of fuels of high burning temperatures as hydrogen,oxygen or their combinations to absorb their heat from burning andseparate their heat from contact of apparatus. These locations ofnozzles for different fuels make the extreme high temperature of burningfuels as hydrogen, oxygen and their combinations to be useful in burningof water and avoid damages to apparatuses by lowering and separatingtheir extreme high burning temperature, so as able to allow them morewidely utilized for human activities.

Preferably, as hydrogen and oxygen can be obtained from water, thepresent invention is a device or devices applicable to different fuelburning apparatuses taking use these two flammable elements from waterto burn water at higher temperature over 500 degrees Celsius makingwater as a burning fuel by itself directly or indirectly. Preferably,the device further makes use of electrical hydrolysis process of waterto produce hydrogen and oxygen from water and all fueled with water torun an electricity generator to produce electricity. It is a device ofpresent invention to form a schematic cycle of water working on burningits own with its elements in producing power and energy. For example: asteam power engine fueled by hydrogen, oxygen and water—fuels heating toboiler—producing steam—running the electricity generator—producingelectricity to consumers—running the hydrolysis device by part ofelectricity—producing hydrogen and oxygen—burning of hydrogen, oxygenand water—running the electricity generator continually.

Preferably, the device further makes use of the high temperature fromburning of hydrogen and oxygen to burn water to run the jet engine, ashydrogen and oxygen can have power possible three times higher thancommon fuels. A jet plane fueled with hydrogen, oxygen and water canhave big power to fly in the air, and in addition, to fly it out of theatmosphere and come back. In outer space, the jet engine with theinvention device can run without any air for out of atmosphere becausehydrogen, oxygen and water without any other oxidation can be burnt bythemselves in condition they have suitable jet engines and plane rightfor outer space travel.

Preferably, a device further to assist an jet engine and plane to beable to travel in and out of atmosphere, is invented to make thecombustion chamber of the jet engine can be functioned to open thedilution air entrances for air entering as it is available in theatmosphere but closed for internal combustion only when out of air inouter atmosphere.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Preferred embodiments of the present invention of a water burning deviceor water burning apparatus topology will be explained in more detail inthe specific description below by way of examples and with reference tothe accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a simplified example of the invention of a furnaceusing water as a part of fuel in burning;

FIG. 2 a illustrates a simplified example of the invention of anelectricity generator using water as the only fuel;

FIG. 2 b illustrates a simplified example of locating of nozzles fordifferent fuels from water in generating electricity in FIG. 2 a.

FIG. 3 a illustrates a simplified example of the invention of acombustion chamber for a jet engine using water as one part of fuel inburning.

FIG. 3 b illustrates a simplified example of locating of nozzles fordifferent fuels in the combustion chamber of the jet engine in FIG. 2 a.

FIG. 4 a to 4 d illustrates a simplified example of the open/closedevice of the flame tube of combustion chamber.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring first to FIG. 1, there is shown a simplified example of afurnace or burner using water as one burning fuel of a first preferredembodiment of the present invention. The figure shows three rounds offuel nozzles in circular shapes forming a top view of a furnaceapparatus. These fuel nozzles can be arranged in any number of nozzlesand in either circular, square, rectangle, or elliptical shapes. Thereare many different arrangements for supplying fuels in their differentusages.

FIG. 1 shows circular fuel nozzles (01) on outside, fuel nozzles (02) inthe middle, fuel nozzles (03) in the inside are making a simplifiedburning furnace for fuel with control panel (04). First examplearrangement is for regular fuel. As the temperature of the regular fuelis not too high, so water able to be burnt is not too much at all.Nozzles of (01) and (03) are supplying of regular fuel. Nozzles of (02)is supplying of highly pressured and vaporized water or steam. Firesfrom nozzles (01) and (03) are maintaining a furnace temperature fromthe regular fuel over 500 degrees C. Water vapor or fine droplets fromnozzles (02) in the middle can be burnt by the heat of the furnace forover than 500 degrees C. Higher the temperature can brings more water tobe burnt. Water in burning can brings in more calorific heat to thefurnace even caused a lower combined temperature to the regular fuelbecause some heat is absorbed. This change of temperature brings inbigger total calorific heat because of more fuel is consumed altogether.Every round of nozzles (01, 02, 03) are built adjustable by controlpanel (04) separately on their appropriate quantity, velocity andfineness, so making the furnace (04) at a required temperature withmaximum water gets burning. This arrangement of regular fuel and watercan bring a bigger furnace with higher calorific heat than by regularfuel alone. In the process, burning water consumes some heat fromregular fuel but giving out more heat in total than lost.

A second example for fuel supply in different nozzles arrangement is afurnace or burner of hydrogen and water. As burning hydrogen can havetemperature up to 3,000 degrees C, it can bum much more water than byburning of regular fuel. The fuel arrangement for this furnace is fuelnozzles (01, 03) are supplying highly pressured water vapor, and nozzles(02) in the middle is supplying burning hydrogen. As hydrogen in burningis surrounded by highly pressured water vapor and the high temperaturedissociates water vapor into hydrogen and oxygen with lost of 500degrees C. thus bums them. More supply of water than hydrogen means thetemperature is losing more than 500 degrees C. to hydrogen because moreheat is required to bum more water. This arrangement lowers the hottemperature of hydrogen and turns the maximum quantity of water vaporinto a burning fuel. Both advantages happen at the same time. Suppliesof hydrogen and water are adjustable on panel (04) in order to have ahighest and satisfied result of burning water.

FIG. 2 a shows an example of simplified device generating electricityfueled by water only as the second embodiment of the invention. Boiler(05) is containing water (06), receiving heat from underneath (07) andgiving steam (08). By the steam (08), it turns an electricity generator(09) and gives electricity. Electricity produced is directed to supplyconsumers (10). Part of this electricity is directed to run a hydrolysisdevice (15) converting water into hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen producedis directed to fuel nozzles (12) for the boiler where oxygen or air isdirected to fuel nozzles (13). This arrangement of locating hydrogen andoxygen makes them burning together having a possible highesttemperature. Fuel nozzles (11, 14) are supplied with highly pressuredand finely vaporized water giving a surrounding effect to the burning ofhydrogen and oxygen. Such arrangement can bring a high temperature ofburning of hydrogen and oxygen but also burn the maximum quantity ofwater to bring down the temperature to be acceptable. In addition,bottom of boiler (07) is made to have extended wall around forconcentration of fire from fuels. Fresh water from source (16) for thisdevice is supplying to the boiler water (06), fuel nozzles (11, 14) andhydrolysis device (15) at divergences (17, 18, 19 and 20) respectively.Water is the only fuel for this device generating electricity. Ofcourse, steam emitted and hot water produced can be turned into vaporusing as fuel too. Higher the temperature from burning of hydrogen andoxygen means more of water to be burnt and more of electricity to beproduced. As water can be burn at over 500 degrees C. and gives heat inburning, the portion of water gets burning is much more than portion ofhydrogen and oxygen if which can be burnt at temperature around 3,000degrees C. Control of velocity and fineness of them is another factor tomake them burn stronger. Therefore, electricity produced for working thehydrolysis device to produce hydrogen and oxygen is only a small portionfrom the total of electricity production. As a result, electricityproduced from this device is generated by fuels of mainly water and somehydrogen and oxygen produced from part of electricity it produced. Ofcourse, there are many alternative arrangements for supply of hydrogenand oxygen, such as:

-   1/brought from outside,-   2/produced by other machines,-   3/produced by electricity at off-peak hours only.

FIG. 2 b, this is a simplified example showing the full top view of thefuel nozzles arrangement on device of FIG. 2 a. Nozzles of hydrogen (12)and oxygen (13) are locating alternatively to each other for having agood result of oxidation of hydrogen burning. Nozzles of water (11 or14) are locating all around nozzles of hydrogen (12) and oxygen (13).This arrangement can have a best burning temperature with a maximumquantity of water burnt by the heat. It also protects the boiler forlowering of temperature, and keeps it away from the high temperature ofhydrogen and oxygen in burning.

FIG. 3 a shows an example of a simplified combustion chamber of a jetengine as the third embodiment of the invention for using water as aburning fuel. Compressed air is entering into the combustion chamber(24), from primary air entry (25). Fuel nozzles (22) are supplyinghydrogen, nozzles (23) are supplying oxygen, and nozzles (21) aresupplying water around them. All fuels are highly pressurized and finelyvaporized. Burning of hydrogen and oxygen together is making hightemperature combustion thus burns and combusts surrounding water vapor.The combined combustion of hydrogen, oxygen and water mixed with thecompressed air passing into the combustion chamber from the sidedilution air entrances (26), thus forming an air jet combustionconsequence. This device firstly brings water as an economical fuel tojet flight by making use of the high temperature of burning hydrogen andoxygen. By controlling quantity of vaporized water in supply,temperature of combustion chamber is controlled right for a mixedcombustion with air. An ignition plug (27) is installed to start thecombustion whenever is required. In case of the jet plane is flying toohigh for the air is too thin to keep the power to move the plane on theair, more hydrogen, oxygen and water are supplied to the combustionbringing an extra power to take over the lost of air as hydrogen, oxygenand water can be combusted without supply of air. Jet plane with thesefuels combusting in combustion chamber can fly out of atmosphere incondition the jet engine has been built enough extra capacity from extracombustion of hydrogen, oxygen and water, and the whole plane is rightdesigned for flying out of atmosphere.

FIG. 3 b, this is an example shows an arrangement for the fuel nozzlesof hydrogen, oxygen and water for FIG. 3 a. Nozzles of hydrogen (22) andoxygen (23) are locating alternatively for having a good oxidation ofburning hydrogen. Big and small nozzles of water (21) are locating allaround nozzles of hydrogen and oxygen. This arrangement can have a goodtemperature of burning hydrogen and oxygen as they are locating close toeach other for having a best burning result to burn water as a fuel. Italso lowers the temperature of burning hydrogen and oxygen, making thempossible as fuels for jet plane overcoming their destructive extremehigh burning temperatures.

FIGS. 4 a to 4 d are shown simplified sketches for an enlarged sidedilution air entrance of a combustion chamber used in FIG. 3 a workingits open and close function from which the jet plane can possible beingflying out of atmosphere. FIG. 4 a showing a side view of a dilution airentrance on the flame tube of the combustion chamber has two independentwalls (30, 31) and should be touching each other closely for workingwhere their dilution air entrance (32, 33) is built on the same positionbut in opposite convex or concave half on each wall. The compressed coolair is entering the combustion chamber through these dilution airentrances of the flame tube making the combustion chamber workingregularly for a jet plane. FIG. 4 b shows a front view on half way ofthe dilution air entrance. The dilution air entrance (32, 33) from twowalls (30, 31) is facing to each other at the same position where theconvex or concave buildings are making them a passage for air entrance.FIG. 4 c and 4 d show either the outer or the inner wall has turned alittle. This turning of wall makes the convex or concave building ofpassages are missed to each other. All air passages are shut off fromfacing of flat and non-leaking surface of other wall. This change ofposition of flame tube walls stops air goes into and also stops anyleaking of combustion from combustion chamber. From this turning of theflame tube walls of the combustion chamber, a jet plane engine can turnto a rocket engine as its combustion chamber able to turn all aroundclosed except the exhaust nozzle for thrusting. As oxygen and water arethe oxidizers for burning hydrogen, air is not required. Therefore, ajet plane with these open and close air dilution entrances device,fueled by hydrogen, oxygen and water as combustion fuels, makes it canwork as a jet plane and also like a rocket thus allowing the jet planecan fly in and out of atmosphere.

1-13. (canceled)
 14. A fuel-burning apparatus having a burner includingat least one fuel nozzle for providing a fuel that is capable ofproducing a temperature of at least 500 degrees C when burned withinsaid apparatus, and at least one further nozzle for providing a supplyof water in the form of steam, vapor or droplets in the vicinity of saidburning fuel, at a rate sufficient to cause said water to dissociateinto its elemental components and burn with said fuel.
 15. Thefuel-burning apparatus of claim 14, further including a controller forregulating the pressure of the water supplied to said further nozzle tothereby achieve said rate.
 16. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 14,further including a controller for regulating the fineness of saiddroplets emitted from said further nozzle to thereby achieve said rate.17. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 14, further including acontroller for regulating the quantity of the water supplied to saidfurther nozzle to thereby achieve said rate.
 18. The fuel-burningapparatus of claim 14, comprising a plurality of said fuel nozzles and aplurality of said further nozzles, and wherein said further nozzlessurround said fuel nozzles.
 19. The fuel-burning apparatus of claim 14,wherein said apparatus comprises a jet engine.
 20. The fuel-burningapparatus of claim 19, wherein said jet engine has a double-walledcombustion chamber that forms a flame tube.
 21. The fuel-burningapparatus of claim 20, wherein the two walls of said double-walledchamber have adjustable openings that face each other to provide apassage for the entrance of dilution air.
 22. A device for producingelectricity, comprising: a boiler for heating water to produce steam; afurnace in juxtaposition to said boiler to generate the heat forproducing said steam, said furnace including at least one fuel nozzlefor providing a fuel that is capable of producing a temperature of atleast 500 degrees C. when burned within said apparatus, and at least onefurther nozzle for providing a supply of water in the form of steam,vapor or droplets in the vicinity of said burning fuel, at a ratesufficient to cause said water to dissociate into its elementalcomponents and burn with said fuel; and a generator that generateselectricity from said steam.
 23. The device of claim 22, furtherincluding a hydrolysis device that separates water into hydrogen andoxygen for supply to said fuel nozzle.
 24. The device of claim 23,wherein said hydrolysis device is powered by at least some of theelectricity generated by said generator.